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Good question, Junior!

L.A. National Guard deployment cost taxpayers $118M, Newsom says Most of the cost — $71 million — covered food and basic necessities for the mission. It also includes about $37 million in payroll.

Trump’s deployment of the national guard in LA has cost taxpayers $118 MILLION so far.
 
This administration cuts health care in the name of “efficiency”, but has no problem wasting your hard-earned $$ on an unconstitutional power grab designed to create chaos.

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We the people are the job creators who keep showing up and making America great right now!

Finally a real headline from the NYT

This is so important…

Sharon has been tracking license plates on cars driven by ICE agents, and she’s finding they don’t match the vehicles.

In other words, ICE is using secret, illegal tactics—just like we suspected.

REMINDER: the DMV is not a federal agency.
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Do you work at the Office of Management and Budget? Do you know someone who does? Are you a current or former federal worker with information that you can share about Russell Vought?

If the answer to any of these is "yes," please contact @andykroll.bsky.social

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Overnight the state of Florida vandalized a city street removing a pride colored cross walk outside of Pulse Nightclub.

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Jesse Watters Once Texted Greg Gutfeld To Fantasize About ‘Incredible’ Ratings ‘If Fox Went ALL in on STOP THE STEAL’ The latest filings in Smartmatic's lawsuit against Fox News revealed that host Jesse Watters did not believe the election fraud claims but still texted his colleague Greg Gutfeld to say he thought Fox...

Jesse Watters did not believe the election fraud claims but still texted his colleague Greg Gutfeld to say he thought Fox would get “incredible” ratings if they “went ALL in on STOP THE STEAL.”

Who cares about democracy if you can get ratings?

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I wish more politicians understood how the economy is rigged against regular people the way Bill Burr does.

White House confirms talks to acquire 10% stake in Intel — 'We should get an equity stake for our money' "We’ll get equity in return for it; get a good return for the American taxpayer, instead of just giving grants away"

Who's going to tell them what government ownership of means of production is called?
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Again: this is not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov stop allowing the CA houseless population from having their tents, cars and RVs removed without making sure they have important belongings and housing to replace the structures they’ve been living in.

Joy reminds people who are willfully misremembering history of the history of American involvement in Iran.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is the latest to admit she didn’t read the entire bill she voted for — just a week after Rep. Mike Flood made a similar admission at a town hall.

Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.

The Rules Committee meets at 1 AM on Tuesday night/ Wednesday morning to ram through this disastrous bill. Why? Because they don't want you to see them ripping healthcare from millions of Americans.

You do not hold a hearing for a bill at 1 AM unless you're completely ashamed of it.

This Sunday's Mutual Aid Info Session will cover community defense. When ICE raids are ravaging our communities, it's up to us to organize & protect.

📆Sunday May 18th
🕓4pm ET
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LEARN MORE BEFORE THE MEETING: drive.proton.me/urls/9FTY2F6...

WOW: Trump says Qatar’s $400M plane gift is “free.” Sen. Warren: “You must strip it to the frame - every nut, bolt, screw - to ensure no hidden transmitters. That’ll cost BILLIONS.” There’s no free jet. FOLLOW THE MONEY. Repost now to expose Trump’s grift!

BREAKING: A woman was kicked out of a women’s bathroom at a Massachusetts hotel by a security guard who demanded she “prove her gender.”

No badge gives you the right to sexually harass someone in a bathroom. This is what fascism looks like in real time.

And it’s coming to your city next.

In a fiery moment on the House floor, Rep. Tom Suozzi just tore into the GOP’s reconciliation package—exposing contradiction after contradiction. If you watch one clip today, make it this. 🎯🔥

Let’s clear something up: SNAP stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — the LARGEST federal program to fight hunger in the country!

It blows my mind that the party that touts its “Christian values” is the same party that is SET on taking food from the hungry.

Helping the U.S. gets you banned, being white gets you a welcome mat. Got it.

BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts.

Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.

Poland prepares for war : State of the World from NPR Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and President Trump's efforts to change the U.S. relationship with Europe and NATO have caused some European countries to rethink their own defense. One example...

Poland is preparing to repel a Russian invasion, including a plan to train every adult male in the country to be ready for war. We go to Poland to see what the preparations look like.

The GOP "Big Beautiful" budget achieved its goal: tax breaks for billionaires like Elon Musk. How did they afford it? By slashing benefits, gutting social programs, and raising taxes on the working class. Call (202) 224-3121 to tell your Rep this bill is bullshit.

Upheaval at FDA pushes some biotech firms to move early trials out of US Worry is growing that layoffs and policy changes at the drugs watchdog may delay regulatory reviews.

Some US biotech companies are considering moving early-stage trials of new medicines outside the United States as worry grows that layoffs and policy changes at the drugs watchdog under the Trump administration may delay regulatory reviews reut.rs/3Fdnjny

EPA will weaken rule curbing ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water The Environmental Protection Agency will rescind and reconsider drinking water standards for four chemicals that have been linked to a range of illnesses.

The science is clear: polluting our drinking water with forever chemicals threatens communities everywhere.

The decision to roll back restrictions is further proof that this administration cares more about corporations' bottom line than the health & safety of American families.

AOC: The math is not adding up. Their claim is that one million undocumented people are on Medicaid. So why are they trying to cut 13.7 million Americans off their healthcare?